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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter VIII, The Voortrekkers.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What causes the loss of horses and oxen at the end of Chapter Eight as the Voortrekkers journey to Zimbabwe?
(a) A Zulu attack on the Voortrekker camp.
(b) A lion attack.
(c) The tsetse fly.
(d) A flash flood in which the animals drown.

2. What does Voortrekker mean?
(a) A corn and potatoes farmer.
(b) Forward trekker.
(c) A hunter of lions.
(d) A member of the Voortrek family.

3. Who does Lodevicus Van Doorn marry after his first wife is killed?
(a) Wilhelmina Heimstra.
(b) Helga Linnart.
(c) Louisa Kennedy.
(d) A slave girl named Deborah.

4. What does the Old Seeker show Nxumalo and Chief Ngalo after he sees the "heavy earth"?
(a) A camel.
(b) A golden amulet from Persia.
(c) Silk from China.
(d) A diamond.

5. How does Shaka become leader of the Zulus?
(a) He marries the Zulu queen.
(b) He proves he is a great warrior & is asked to lead the tribe.
(c) He seizes leadership of the tribe once the king dies.
(d) He is elected to the position.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Nxumalo leave his tribe, the Sixolobo?

2. Who inadvertently starts a war with the Xhosa tribe in Chapter Five by moving to land he doesn't realize has been allotted to the Xhosa by the governor?

3. What is the Old Seeker's spear made out of in Chapter Two?

4. Which tribal leader causes as much death, devastation, and forced migration as Shaka?

5. What interactions do the Voortrekkers have with the Zulu warrior Dingane?

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